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Website

                  A website is a collection of one or more web pages that display information with the help of a web
                  browser. It can be compared to a book that contains different chapters in the form of web pages. The
                  first page of a website is called ‘Home Page’.


                       Web Page

                  A web page is a document of information that can be accessed and viewed through a web browser.
                  A web page is generally contained in a website and constitutes as a source of information that floats
                  on the world wide web. The information is usually coded in HTML. Web pages may be retrieved
                  from a local host computer or from a remote computer with the help of the internet. Web pages are

                  requested and served from a web server using protocols like-Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
                  For example, the web page shown in the following figure is the home page of the website of Orange
                  Education:

























                       Web Address

                  Web address  is the name  for identifying a website  on the Internet. It  is also known as Uniform
                  Resource Locator (URL). On the Internet, there are numerous web sites; it is only with the help of
                  web address that we can find a particular website.
                  Text based addressing system on internet is called Domain Name System (DNS). In this system, each
                  website has a unique name such as: oracle.com, cbse.nic.in, etc.


                       Web Browser

                  A web browser is an application software that helps a user to navigate through different websites on
                  the internet and display web pages. The user requests a page from a web server with the help of web
                  browser. After receiving the request through the web browser, the web server makes it available for

                  a web browser to display the page.
                  Web browsers can also display animated images, play sound and video, provide secure connections
                  and much more.



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